There was 4 planks in the old bench..

One had disappeared, still had 3 ( may have burned that 4th one?)

Handsome, ain't they? Ends needed to be...gone..

Seems they just might be oak?

Then, run these through the Lunch Box Planer a few times, along with a few other cut-offs laying around..

Pine was used to get the planer set for depth..took a few passes..

The "After"

One plank, I could only do one face, as the other face...

Shiny spot is a nail of some sort, doesn't go the entire way through...first pass, and that showed up....

Shavings were supposed to wind up in this Trash Can..

Kind of missed, didn't it?

Still need to work on the edges..

Otherwise, it might be a bit rough to get a panel out of this...

Might need ti rip the sap wood off, too? Boards are now all at 5/8" thickness...will see what I can cobble up...

Stay tuned..

Probably just enough material to create something to fill that spot in the end of the sideboard!